David Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls - Exam
David Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls
  • 1. Who discovered Victoria Falls?
A) David Livingstone
B) Christopher Columbus
C) Henry Stanley
D) Marco Polo
  • 2. In which African country are Victoria Falls located?
A) South Africa
B) Kenya
C) Zambia
D) Nigeria
  • 3. What is the indigenous name for Victoria Falls?
A) Serengeti
B) Mosi-oa-Tunya
C) Kilimanjaro
D) Table Mountain
  • 4. What continent is Victoria Falls located on?
A) Asia
B) Europe
C) South America
D) Africa
  • 5. What river forms Victoria Falls?
A) Nile River
B) Congo River
C) Zambezi River
D) Limpopo River
  • 6. What type of climate can be found around Victoria Falls?
A) Desert
B) Tropical
C) Arctic
D) Mediterranean
  • 7. What famous explorer is known to have crossed Africa and met David Livingstone near Victoria Falls?
A) James Cook
B) Vasco da Gama
C) Henry Stanley
D) Ferdinand Magellan
  • 8. How tall is the largest curtain of water at Victoria Falls?
A) 120 meters
B) 75 meters
C) 108 meters
D) 90 meters
  • 9. In what year did David Livingstone discover Victoria Falls?
A) 1870
B) 1863
C) 1855
D) 1847
  • 10. On which date was David Livingstone born?
A) 23 June 1805
B) 14 April 1820
C) 1 May 1873
D) 19 March 1813
  • 11. In which town in Scotland was David Livingstone born?
A) Blantyre
B) Aberdeen
C) Glasgow
D) Edinburgh
  • 12. What occupation did Neil Livingstone have that involved distributing Christian literature?
A) Church pastor
B) Bookshop owner
C) Cotton mill worker
D) Door-to-door tea salesman
  • 13. David Livingstone's father was known for which of the following habits?
A) Heavy drinker
B) Smoker
C) Teetotaler
D) Gambler
  • 14. What type of literature did Neil Livingstone distribute on his travels?
A) Novels
B) Christian tracts
C) Science journals
D) Political pamphlets
  • 15. At what age was David Livingstone employed at the cotton mill in Blantyre Works?
A) Eight
B) Fifteen
C) Twenty
D) Ten
  • 16. How many hours a day did David and his brother work as piecers at the cotton mill?
A) Ten
B) Fourteen
C) Sixteen
D) Twelve
  • 17. What was one of Neil Livingstone's concerns regarding David's reading material?
A) History books were too boring
B) Novels were inappropriate for his age
C) Mathematics books were too difficult
D) Science books were undermining Christianity
  • 18. Which book helped David Livingstone reconcile faith and science?
A) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
B) The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
C) Philosophy of a Future State by Thomas Dick
D) Paradise Lost by John Milton
  • 19. Who was the Blantyre evangelist that influenced David Livingstone?
A) John Wesley
B) Thomas Burke
C) George Whitefield
D) Charles Finney
  • 20. At what age did David Livingstone leave the Church of Scotland for a Congregational church?
A) Eighteen
B) Twenty
C) Fifteen
D) Ten
  • 21. Which preacher's teachings influenced Livingstone to accept salvation was open to all who ask for it?
A) Charles Finney
B) Karl Gützlaff
C) Ralph Wardlaw
D) Thomas Dick
  • 22. What did David Livingstone use lines from Robert Burns' song to express?
A) Empathy with all who labour
B) Interest in politics
C) Desire for wealth
D) Love for nature
  • 23. What was the name of the cotton mill where David worked as a piecer and later as a spinner?
A) Edinburgh Textile Factory
B) H. Monteith's Blantyre cotton mill
C) Glasgow Cotton Works
D) Aberdeen Spinning Mill
  • 24. What did David Livingstone hum from Robert Burns' song to express his egalitarian beliefs?
A) "Tam O'Shanter"
B) "When man to man, the world o'er/Shall brothers be for a' that"
C) "To a Mouse"
D) "A Red, Red Rose"
  • 25. Which university did David Livingstone join in 1836?
A) Cambridge University
B) University of Edinburgh
C) Oxford University
D) Anderson's University, Glasgow
  • 26. Who tutored David Livingstone in Latin to prepare for medical school?
A) Daniel Gallagher
B) Richard Wardlaw
C) Andrew Buchanan
D) James Young
  • 27. What organization did David Livingstone apply to become a missionary with in October 1837?
A) The London Missionary Society (LMS)
B) The Congregational Church College
C) Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
D) Anderson's University
  • 28. Where did David Livingstone receive initial training as a probationary candidate?
A) Blantyre village school
B) Ongar, Essex
C) Glasgow, Scotland
D) Cheshunt College
  • 29. Who assessed David Livingstone's character as having 'sense and quiet vigour'?
A) Andrew Buchanan
B) The Reverend Richard Cecil
C) Daniel Gallagher
D) Richard Wardlaw
  • 30. Where did David Livingstone continue his clinical training?
A) Anderson's University, Glasgow
B) Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
C) Ongar, Essex
D) Blantyre village school
  • 31. When did David Livingstone qualify as a licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow?
A) 20 November 1840
B) June 1839
C) January 1838
D) 16 November 1840
  • 32. Where was David Livingstone ordained as a minister of the church?
A) Charing Cross Hospital
B) Ongar, Essex
C) Albion Chapel, Finsbury
D) Glasgow University
  • 33. Who conducted David Livingstone's ordination service?
A) Richard Wardlaw and James Young
B) Daniel Gallagher and Andrew Buchanan
C) The London Missionary Society directors
D) The Reverend Richard Cecil and J. J. Freeman
  • 34. Why did the LMS directors initially hesitate to send Livingstone to China?
A) The looming First Opium War made them cautious.
B) China was not considered a priority for missionary work.
C) Livingstone had expressed a lack of interest in going to China.
D) They believed there were already enough missionaries in China.
  • 35. What did Fowell Buxton argue at the Exeter Hall meeting?
A) The African slave trade would end if chiefs could obtain European goods through legitimate trade.
B) Missionaries should focus only on preaching the gospel.
C) Christian missions should avoid involvement in commerce.
D) Slavery was necessary for economic development in Africa.
  • 36. Where did Livingstone go ashore during the voyage to Cape Town?
A) Algoa Bay
B) Rio de Janeiro
C) Kuruman Mission
D) Simon's Bay
  • 37. What was Livingstone's destination after leaving Algoa Bay?
A) Cape Town
B) Simon's Bay
C) Kuruman Mission
D) Mabotsa
  • 38. Who accompanied Livingstone on the trek from Algoa Bay to Kuruman?
A) Roger Edwards
B) Paul and Mebalwe
C) Ross and his wife
D) Moffat and his family
  • 39. How many miles did Livingstone trek with Roger Edwards to investigate a new station?
A) 500 miles (805 km)
B) 750 miles (1,210 km)
C) 1200 miles (1931 km)
D) 1000 miles (1609 km)
  • 40. What area did Livingstone and Edwards investigate for a potential new mission station?
A) Kuruman Mission
B) Simon's Bay
C) Cape Town
D) Mabotsa, Botswana
  • 41. Where did Livingstone find himself extremely ill in 1869?
A) Near Zanzibar
B) At Lake Tanganyika
C) On Mount Kilimanjaro
D) In the jungle
  • 42. Who designed the David Livingstone Centenary Medal?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Gutzon Borglum
C) Harry Johnston
D) Randall Davidson
  • 43. What was the name of the river steamer specially designed to sail on Lake Nyasa?
A) Lady Nyasa
B) Pearl
C) Pioneer
D) Ma Robert
  • 44. What was Thomas's cause of death?
A) Drowning
B) Tuberculosis
C) Malaria
D) Bilharzia
  • 45. In which Canadian province can you find the Livingstone Range of mountains?
A) Nova Scotia
B) Alberta
C) Ontario
D) Newfoundland and Labrador
  • 46. What was the cause of death for Mary, David Livingstone's wife?
A) Bilharzia
B) Typhoid
C) Cholera
D) Malaria
  • 47. What is commemorated by a plaque at Hadley Green, High Barnet?
A) The centenary of his death
B) Livingstone's birth
C) His first missionary journey
D) His work with the London Missionary Society
  • 48. What type of river steamer was built in portable sections for the Zambezi expedition?
A) Lady Nyasa
B) Pioneer
C) Pearl
D) Ma Robert
  • 49. In what year was Theodore Roosevelt awarded the David Livingstone Centenary Medal?
A) 1917
B) 1913
C) 1932
D) 1871
  • 50. Who put David Livingstone in touch with the foreign secretary?
A) The London Missionary Society
B) John Murray
C) David Livingstone himself
D) Roderick Murchison
  • 51. What natural obstacle made the Zambezi river impassable to boats past a certain point?
A) Cahora Bassa rapids
B) Murchison Cataracts
C) Shire River
D) Ruvuma River
  • 52. Which institution has a room named after David Livingstone?
A) Corpus Christi College, Oxford
B) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
C) Eltham College
D) University of Auckland
  • 53. Where did Livingstone go for recuperation after the lion attack?
A) Kuruman
B) Mabotsa
C) Simon's Bay
D) Cape Town
  • 54. When did David Livingstone resign from the London Missionary Society?
A) 1857
B) 1860
C) 1858
D) 1855
  • 55. Where is a bust of David Livingstone located?
A) Royal Geographical Society, London
B) David Livingstone Birthplace Museum in Blantyre
C) Wallace Monument near Stirling
D) Strathclyde University, Glasgow
  • 56. Which ship took Ma Robert out on its way to Ceylon?
A) Pioneer
B) Lady Nyasa
C) Ma Robert
D) Colonial Office steamer Pearl
  • 57. How long had Livingstone lost contact with the outside world before Stanley found him?
A) four years
B) two years
C) eight years
D) six years
  • 58. What did the Royal Geographical Society present to Livingstone for his journey to Lake Ngami?
A) A compass
B) A map of Africa
C) A chronometer watch
D) A letter of commendation
  • 59. Which tree is most likely under which Livingstone's heart was buried?
A) Mvula tree
B) Acacia tree
C) Mpundu tree
D) Baobab tree
  • 60. In which year did Livingstone cross the Kalahari Desert and reach Lake Ngami?
A) 1849
B) 1854
C) 1852
D) 1851
  • 61. When did Edwards get LMS approval to set up a mission station at Mabotsa?
A) September 1842
B) June 1843
C) March 1845
D) January 1844
  • 62. What was the nickname of David Livingstone's son, William Oswell?
A) Zouga
B) Robert
C) Rupert
D) Thomas
  • 63. How many wives did Sechele have when Livingstone advised him to reduce the number?
A) five
B) two
C) three
D) seven
  • 64. What was the profession of Agnes's husband, A.L. Bruce?
A) Missionary
B) Doctor
C) Wealthy Scottish brewery executive
D) Soldier
  • 65. How many of David Livingstone's children survived to adulthood and had their own families?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) Five
  • 66. What type of vessel was provided by the Colonial Office in 1861 for further exploration?
A) Prefabricated Lady Nyasa
B) Iron river steamer Ma Robert
C) Colonial Office steamer Pearl
D) Wooden paddle survey vessel Pioneer
  • 67. In which year did David Livingstone marry Mary Moffat?
A) 1857
B) 1845
C) 1862
D) 1876
  • 68. Who tended to Livingstone during his recuperation at Kuruman?
A) Edwards's wife
B) Moffat's daughter Mary
C) Ross's wife
D) Mrs Philip
  • 69. Which ocean did Livingstone successfully reach by mapping most of the Zambezi river?
A) The Arctic Ocean
B) The Indian Ocean
C) The Pacific Ocean
D) The Atlantic Ocean
  • 70. Where did William Oswell die?
A) Egypt
B) Africa
C) Scotland
D) Trinidad
  • 71. Where did David Livingstone return to Africa from in January 1866?
A) Lagos
B) Mombasa
C) Cape Town
D) Zanzibar
  • 72. In which year was the Missionary Exhibition featuring items related to Livingstone held?
A) 2005
B) 1932
C) 1913
D) 1871
  • 73. Who saved Livingstone's life during the lion attack?
A) Roger Edwards
B) Mebalwe
C) Paul
D) Mary Moffat
  • 74. What was Livingstone's rank among the 100 Greatest Britons in a UK-wide vote?
A) 98th
B) 50th
C) 1st
D) Not listed at all.
  • 75. How many Kololo warriors acted as interpreters and guides for Livingstone's investigation of trade routes?
A) 27
B) 114
C) 75
D) 50
  • 76. What did the expedition have to clear from the paddle wheels frequently?
A) Rocks
B) Shoals
C) Debris
D) Corpses
  • 77. What did Livingstone describe as 'the strangest disease' he saw?
A) Malaria
B) Cholera
C) Smallpox
D) Broken-heartedness among captured free men turned into slaves
  • 78. What name did Livingstone give to the waterfall he named after Queen Victoria?
A) Ngami Falls
B) Kololo Falls
C) Livingstone Falls
D) Victoria Falls
  • 79. Which city did Livingstone and his party reach on the Atlantic in May 1854?
A) Zanzibar
B) Luanda
C) Linyanti
D) Quelimane
  • 80. What award did Livingstone receive from the Royal Geographical Society of London?
A) Gold medal
B) Explorer's Trophy
C) Bronze medal
D) Silver medal
  • 81. Which newspaper sent Henry Morton Stanley to find Livingstone?
A) New York Herald
B) The Times
C) London Gazette
D) Daily Telegraph
  • 82. What was the name of the slave-hunter whose actions caused famine along the Shire River?
A) Kru seafarers
B) Livingstone's followers
C) Portuguese soldiers
D) Mariano's Chikunda
  • 83. In what year did the Zambezi Expedition return to England after being recalled by the government?
A) 1864
B) 1865
C) 1866
D) 1863
  • 84. What was the outcome of Livingstone's broken bone after it was set by himself and Edwards?
A) The bone bonded strongly
B) He needed immediate surgery
C) It required another setting
D) The bone did not heal properly
  • 85. Who did Livingstone marry on 9 January 1845?
A) Mrs Philip
B) Mary Moffat
C) Edwards's wife
D) Ross's wife
  • 86. Which two Arab traders crossed the continent from Zanzibar to Benguela in 1853–1854?
A) Arab traders
B) Native African traders
C) Portuguese traders
D) British explorers
  • 87. What was the name of Agnes, one of David Livingstone's daughters' husband?
A) Robert Moffat
B) A.L. Bruce
C) Rupert Vincent
D) Horace Heath
  • 88. Which publishing house published David Livingstone's 'Missionary Travels' in 1857?
A) John Murray
B) The London Missionary Society
C) British Government
D) Royal Geographical Society
  • 89. How old was Elizabeth, David Livingstone's daughter, when she died?
A) Two months
B) Ten years
C) Five years
D) One year
  • 90. Where were David Livingstone's remains interred after being returned to Britain?
A) St. Paul's Cathedral
B) The British Museum
C) Westminster Abbey
D) Savile Row
  • 91. In which year did David Livingstone return to Britain?
A) January 1855
B) December 1856
C) June 1857
D) March 1858
  • 92. Who did Livingstone convert at Kolobeng Mission in 1849?
A) Moffat
B) Chief Sechele
C) Edwards
D) Ross
  • 93. Where did the expedition collect twelve Kru seafarers to man the river steamer?
A) Shupanga
B) Zambezi
C) Freetown
D) Ceylon
  • 94. How long did it take for Livingstone's remains to be transported to Bagamoyo?
A) 63 days
B) 30 days
C) 120 days
D) 90 days
  • 95. What was noted as containing little of interest in Livingstone's description?
A) Zambezi River
B) British colonies
C) Portuguese Angola
D) Missionary Travels
  • 96. Which of the following was NOT a type of material collected by John Kirk, Charles Meller, and Richard Thornton?
A) Astronomical
B) Geological
C) Ecological
D) Botanical
  • 97. Who did Livingstone send his men to assist after the massacre?
A) Manilla's brother
B) The Wagenya chieftain Kimburu
C) Local villagers
D) Dugumbe
  • 98. Which lake did some members of the expedition become the first to reach?
A) Lake Victoria
B) Lake Malawi
C) Lake Tanganyika
D) Lake Nyasa
  • 99. What happened to most of Livingstone's supplies by the time he reached Lake Malawi?
A) They were confiscated by authorities
B) They were destroyed in a fire
C) They were lost at sea
D) They had been stolen
  • 100. Where was the principal centenary event for David Livingstone held in 1913?
A) Missionary Exhibition in Bromley
B) Victoria Falls
C) University of Nebraska–Lincoln
D) Royal Albert Hall
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